Dead Eagles: Book Two in the Raiding Forces Series

In this sequel to Those Who Dare, U.S. Major John Randal, Commander of Strategic Raiding Forces is back, leading a crew of British Commandos, Royal Marines and Royal Navy raiders on bigger and bolder missions to foil Hitler's Third Reich. Off the Brits’ Gold Coast colony in Africa, the Germans are operating a naval intelligence ring that gathers information about British convoys in the southern sea-lane. Couriers carry the data to nearby Rio Bonita, a tiny Portuguese island protectorate, and then broadcast it to Nazi U-boats and surface raiders from a clandestine radio station onboard one of three interned enemy ships. The result: savage and deadly attacks on British convoys vital to the Allied war effort. Major Randal and the Raiding Forces’ mission is to invade Rio Bonita and spirit away the three ships. Failure means either imprisonment or hanging for piracy— and that Portugal will declare war on its oldest ally. To accomplish his mission, Major Randal must lead a talented group of eccentrics, including some veterans of his previous adventures. There’s Wild West showman Captain “Geronimo Joe” McKoy; the stunning Lady Jane Seaborn, who adopts the Raiding Forces as her own pet project; and Lady Jane’s bombshell of a driver, Pamala Plum-Martin. Even Ian Fleming puts in an appearance, submitting a plan for “Operation Ruthless,” the goal of which is to board a Luftwaffe bomber and crash it into the English Channel. This action-packed adventure story features a daring Commando raid, an epic sea battle, beautiful spies, head-hunting pygmy cannibals, and hooker warfare, all culminating in a deadly shoot-out in a crowded French bar.